Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) is urgently seeking volunteers to help promote its life saving service across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The charity currently has a loyal team of volunteers and hopes to begin recruiting new volunteers as soon as possible, in preparation for the busy summer event season.

‘Our volunteers are the backbone of our charity and they provide an essential link to the communities that we serve. We urgently need new volunteers for a variety of roles to help us spread the word about our life saving work’ commented HIOWAA Charity Manager Sherie Williams Ellen.

Volunteers provide invaluable support to HIOWAA throughout the year, fulfilling a number of important and rewarding roles. From giving talks to local groups to distributing donation pots, attending fundraising events, and presenting the charity’s highly successful ‘Be a 999 Hero’ Education Programme, volunteers play a key role in the day to day fundraising activities of the charity.

‘Volunteering not only provides the perfect opportunity to support our life saving service, but it is also a great way to learn new skills and it can be a lot of fun. We are always looking for volunteers to wear our popular character mascots at events and presentations.’ continued Sherie Williams Ellen.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance flies seven days a week and attends an average of two to three missions a day, many of them life saving. The charity receives no government, statutory or national lottery funding for routine operations, and is entirely dependent on donations received from members of the public, companies and grant-making bodies to keep the Air Ambulance flying and saving lives.

Anyone interested in volunteering opportunities should ring the HIOWAA office on 02380 333377 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is urging job seekers, people looking to return to work after a career break, or people looking to begin the new year with a new challenge to come to its headquarters to discover the range of clinical and non-clinical vacancies SCAS is currently recruiting to.

The Recruitment Open Days are being held at Northern House, Unit 7 & 8 Talisman Business Centre, Talisman Road, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 6HR on Saturday 14 January and at North Wing, Southern House, Sparrowgrove, Otterbourne, Hampshire, SO21 2RU on the 28 January. Both from 10.00am to 2.00pm The events are organised on a drop-in basis, will give local people the chance to find out what jobs are currently available, chat to existing staff employed at SCAS to discover what it’s really like to work for one of the country’s best ambulance services. There will also be opportunities to see live demonstrations and a selection of Trust vehicles, and meet with an HR representative who can give advice on how to apply for any current vacancies.

For local students currently studying for, or considering their subject options at, GCSEs and A-Levels, members of the education team will also be on hand to talk about the various routes to becoming a paramedic.

SCAS currently has a number of emergency and non-emergency roles, as well as clinical and non-clinical jobs, it is recruiting to. As well as the roles located at the Trust’s headquarters in Bicester and Otterbourne, other available roles include those at ambulance stations in Ofordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire.

Further information about full-time, part-time and flexible working options will be available along with details of pay and enhancements, holiday entitlement, career progression and, most importantly, how to apply.

Victoria Dooley, HR Manager at SCAS, said: “Our people are justifiably proud to work for one of the best performing ambulance trusts in the country. I would urge anyone who is currently employed in healthcare and is looking for a fresh challenge, currently studying and considering where to begin their career, or someone who might be unemployed, between jobs or looking to return to work to come along to our Recruitment Open Days. The variety of roles that we have mean that whatever your skills and experience, you could be working for SCAS and making a real difference every day you come to work. There isn’t much better job satisfaction than that.”

The Trust’s new recruitment website contains further information and interviews with existing staff in a range of clinical and non-clinical roles across SCAS, www.scasjobs.co.uk

Romsey & Villages is looking to recruit part time Advertisement Sales people to join their busy media team.

The roles require the successful applicants to specifically handle existing clients, as well as generate new business. Negotiation will be a key part of your day to day job, so some media sales experience is preferred. You will also devise and implement sales strategies for your client base.

Romsey & Villages is a small, rapidly growing company, with all of the team based from home, with great flexibility and support. Hours are flexible and full training will be given.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, in the first instance email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.